Suffering

What does your heart need to hear as you wrestle with depression and anxiety? As Sarah Robinson has discovered in her own struggles, you don’t need to do everything right or believe all the Christian clichés to have a peace-filled life in the midst of mental illness. No matter how you feel in this moment, God hasn’t abandoned you. There is light ahead & you’re going to make it there. 

I Love Jesus, but I Want to Die: A 5-Day Plan to Give You Hope in the Darkness of Depression 

This 6 day reading plan helps you learn how to navigate difficult relationships, specifically focusing on healing from our own wounds, setting boundaries, mourning losses, and getting out of the rhythms of dysfunction. If you are struggling in a difficult, complicated, tangled-up relationship with a loved one, this plan is for you.

How Do You Forgive When The Wound Is Still Open?

The Lord calls us to care for and watch over the poor, the orphaned, and the widowed. One way we can do so is through prayer. But how do you pray for something that feels so big? In this devotional, we give you five powerful prayers you can pray for children affected by poverty.

How to Pray for Children in Poverty: 5 Prayers 

Are you hurt by a loved one that continually breaks your heart? Are you dumbfounded at the paths they take that affect so many without considering the domino effect? This plan aims to help you understand some of the whys, help you Biblically cope, and show you how to love that loved one as Christ does. Strengthen your faith and get hope from The God who cares.

Lord This Hurts, but You Care!

These reflections from Our Daily Bread are designed to bring comfort, hope, and encouragement to those facing illness. Each devotional has been selected to address the worries and pain associated with physical illness and injuries and serves as a reminder that the Great Physician is with you and knows your every need.

Our Daily Bread: Hope and Strength for Times of Illness

Sometimes it seems like God is failing. The same was true for those first disciples too. This 5-day plan will take you through a time when it looked like God’s kingdom promises just weren’t coming true, through the lens of Acts 12. It continues our journey through the book of Acts, the Bible’s gripping sequel of Jesus at work in the life of his followers as he expands his kingdom to the ends of the earth. It’s a journey on what it means to be a Christian. It’s a story in which you have a role to play.

Acts 12:1-25 | Sometimes It Looks Like God Is Failing

Many people have argued that Gen Z is in the middle of a mental health epidemic. But struggling with dark and difficult thoughts is not a new problem. Though the Bible predates modern clinical psychology, this short 7-day devotional explores some of the surprising scriptural wisdom for navigating issues like rejection, negative self-talk, and anxiety—and how to find hope even in the midst of mental health challenges. 

God Cares About You(r Mental Health)

She was at the end of her rope. Feeling empty from her guilt and shame, she found herself incredibly lonely and in despair. How do we find hope when we’re living in despair? The answer is found in the story of “The Woman at the Well” in John chapter 4, in what we call a "Perspectives Study".

The Well

Watch this video devotional series to help you understand why there is suffering in our world. 